Tipperary (Irish: Tiobrai Árann) is the name of a county, and a town in the south-west of that county. County Tipperary, Republic of Ireland with a population of c.5,000 within the urban environs. It's name is derived from a "well" in the townsland of "Glenbane" in the parish of Lattin and Cullen where the river "Arra" rises. The translation of It's Irish name Tiobraid Árann means "The well of Arra" Little if anything is known of the historical significance of the well.